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Objectives

We aimed to evaluate microbiological profile, echocardiographic characteristics and early results of infective endocarditis (IE) in a tertiary university hospital.

Material-Methods

In this retrospective case study of infective endocarditis (IE), the data of patients hospitalized for definite IE in our cardiology clinic were analysed. A total of 194 patients (128 males, 66 females; mean age 48±18 years) admitted with the modified Duke criteria for definitive IE were included in the study within a period of twelve-years between September 2000 and September 2012.

Conclusions

Our results showed that rapid diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic therapy and surgical treatment improve the outcome in patients with infective endocarditis.But infective endocarditis is still frequently associated with a high frequency of negative blood cultures and high in-hospital mortality.

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